[Foundation-l] Issues regarding admin(s?) on wikinews, effects: globally

Wed Jul 6 05:39:28 UTC 2005

I'm a nobody at Wikinews, but...

User:Xirzon doesn't exist and User:Erik is not a sysop and has no
edits. What aliases is Kyle referring to?

NGerda appears to have been validly blocked after a 3RR rule -- I
think he would have been blocked earlier but all the available admins
were involved in the dispute.

Perhaps kyle can cite specific examples (with diffs?)?

--User:Chiacomo

On 7/6/05, Kyle Lutze <kylelutze at cox.net> wrote:
> Kyle Lutze wrote:
> 
> >There have been slight issues on en.wikinews.org that are quite
> >troubling and need to be addressed.
> >
> >It seems that one of the admins, Eloquence, has been causing many
> >problems by abusing his admin/sysop rights. He is also, from what I
> >gather, the research director for WMF.
> >
> >He has now banned other sysops on that wiki, including Nick Gerda
> >(ngerda), uses a bunch of aliases that he has given admin status to, and
> >has been disregarding the wiki process and community.
> >
> >Please note, I do not do too much work on the wiki itself, but I keep in
> >touch with quite a few people in #wikinews on freenode that have left
> >disgruntled because of what Erik/Eloquence has done, which I believe
> >just isn't right.
> >
> >Kyle
> >
> >
> forgot one of the aliases,
> Erik/Eloquence/Xirzon are the one's I've been told
> 
> Kyle
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